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Dual-Reader Nanopore Promises Improved Homopolymer Sequencing Accuracy

Jul 09, 2020
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Julia Karow
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NEW YORK – A new protein nanopore with two constrictions for DNA to pass through appears to improve the sequencing accuracy for some homopolymer regions, according to new research by scientists at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies.

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